% of males ages 15-49 having comprehensive correct knowledge about HIV (2 prevent ways and reject 3 misconceptions) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Knowledge of HIV is the percentage of respondents who correctly identify the two major ways of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV (using condoms and limiting sex to one faithful, uninfected partner), who reject the two most common local misconceptions about HIV transmission, and who know that a healthy-looking person can have HIV.
% of males ages 15-49 having comprehensive correct knowledge about HIV (2 prevent ways and reject 3 misconceptions) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Ghana (2008)76.8
2Rwanda (2005)57.5
3Namibia (2006)52.5
4Kenya (2003)51.6
5Swaziland (2007)51.4
6Vietnam (2005)50.9
7Zimbabwe (2006)47.2
8Ukraine (2007)44.9
9Tanzania (2004)43.9
10Uganda (2006)42
11Cambodia (2005)41.4
12Republic of the Congo (2005)39.4
13Malawi (2004)38.9
14Zambia (2007)38.8
15Nepal (2006)35.6
16Dominican Republic (2007)35.4
17India (2006)33
18Cameroon (2004)32.2
19Mozambique (2003)32.1
20Liberia (2007)31.7
21Benin (2006)31.4
22Botswana (2001)30.6
23Ethiopia (2005)30
24Senegal (2005)27.2
25Burkina Faso (2003)27
26Haiti (2000)25.9
27Mali (2006)25.9
28Nigeria (2003)25.6
29Armenia (2005)24.3
30Guinea (2005)20.3
31Chad (2004)20.2
32Lesotho (2004)20
33Philippines (2003)18.9
34Madagascar (2004)18.8
35Niger (2006)18.6
36Bolivia (2003)17
37Azerbaijan (2006)10.3
38Indonesia (2003)0.9
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